August 2012 Fourth Warmest on Record

After the fourth warmest July on record, the combined global land and ocean temperature for August 2012 was 0.62°C (1.12°F) above the 20^thcentury average of 15.6°C (60.1°F), making it the fourth warmest August on record (since 1880).

August 2012 Global Temperature Anomalies • Animation not work? Try here. • Still Map Image

August 2012 also marks the 36^th consecutive August and 330^th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20^th century average.

The Northern Hemisphere land surface temperature for June – August 2012 was the warmest such period on record.

Stay tuned for more August 2012 climate information in the coming days.

Helpful Resources for More Information

• http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
• http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/ NCDC’s Global Climate Report

Credits:

Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, UW-Madison

NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab

References:

NOAA National Climatic Data Center, State of the Climate: Global Analysis for August 2012, published online September 2012, retrieved on September 17, 2012 from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2012/8.